Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-16
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sosg whlch rs v.sy pspalas % III
coasl fer = time. ~ arsa feu Ifnss q
whieh f1n somsskIna afssr ihfs sfylss
IL yoa hear e natmnn Fi4sx.
Tau ~ The golden EsVegs
~ Ynu have q pseEkg wife e. hnme
Go FagAt awag ard isass her
50 rus your Pack npan your hnak.
And 10 ne monniains 60 4,
And Il Pea rlriks Z god Shinn,
L'etevery body know Il. ?
It1ss lines are e. frzs today e. wher
t19g 9e1e wFittEn, years azo. Gud wts1
ever Ynu meet man fFom salmon riEsz
be i always deIiRhtsd 10 ell yon of tn
wonderful flehness of tie eonntFy.
Nc. O. ID. CAT, who fer the paal ssRsn
month"; haa bsen proapec1inQ IN The
salmon River oounfxy. IN TIE eastern
portion Of the teEgisnry, arrived IN Sa-
attic yesterday, and IL q nanvurnaalun
viii reporter safds Il feli yon, Rnby
City VIII Be one u The rlehAss mining
camps On 1his coast--i1 viii Be q second
basle-and / witl Be disappointed II
fhsEs ars rot II. 600 people there il Eve
years.
LHn coUNTRz n aKW,
And he's only hesn skimmed over By
prospeofoEs, bat e. the wealth Of the
mfDe8 become known ID vii BE- an easy
matter 10 induce capitalists 20 eome in
and Develop them. Ia fnc4, withiR the
paat few weeks several agents Of earl
taiistg have been 10 there and several
sales have besn made. Three fouFths
Of the Homsslaks ufne e1ld the other
day for SO, 800 cash. Il vas 6ouehs By
Sc. Louis people. Three foafths Of the
First Thouebt mine about the aame
tine were bought By Denver people for
$4,000, Who also paid $500 for ene
sixth Of another mine IN The same Sec
tion. Portland parties bouaht The
var mAaEK MEMs
For $4,000 and got . great bargain.
The Ruby mine was sold 10 Cincinnati
parties for $40. 600, and ether sales have
been mads there. The Arlington mine
ID the only one that has been ct all de-
vsloped. Tbs shaft in that mine II
down 100 feet and tke ere is panninE
out rich. Ruby City Il the principal
camp and theEn are fourteen or fifteen
mines on the mother vein OF lode which
are known 10 be rich.
sEx MuHDRED PnosPscToRs
win winter there. Thsss are three saw
mills In operation In the minea, and as
1 came osi ] met two planing mills
going Ia. There are three stage lines 10
The mines, one from spokane Falis, one
from Ellansbufa and one from BpEaRue.
the fare on either Of which Il go, and
Q fellow must carry his own
BLAKKM1B AND oBuB.
"Ricb STRIKES are reported 20 have
been made at Wanieat Lake, IS miles
north OF Ruhy, just before left. II
IL understood that the scheme Of GER
tain Tacoma parties TO pat . boat on
the Columbia river has fallen through,
and the psople Of Ellensburg have
raised $4,000 for that purpose. Their
boat will run from Rock Island, IS
miles from Ellensbure, to the mou b Of
the OkanaRan river, which u only four
miles from the mines, and when the
water ID hiah steamers can Fan 70 the
mouth Of Salmon river. which Is only
fifteen milta from the mines.
II came down to spend the winter but
shall return Ia the spring. should
rink seattle people Woaio feacn onS
and try 10 capture soma Of that trade.
There are a number OF stores Ia Ruby
City, and heard q rumber OF the bnsi-
meas nen say they would iike 90 estab
lish trade relations with Seattle.
There are no quartz mills 10 opera
ton IN those minee, bas several Of the
mines which have been sold will be de-
veioped next year"